Geogucks & Deception Pass

A couple of weekends ago, we were having spectacular weather. It was sunny and warm and the park was full of day use folks.
We are right on the Sound, the tide was out and a large contingent of Asian people were having a party in one of the shelters. They had been out digging clams and a variety of clam called Geoduck (pronounced gooey duck).
They can be found from Alaska to San Diego, but are most plentiful in Puget Sound. They can get up to 10# and bury themselves deep in the mud and sand.
One of the ladies from that party had run out of butter and asked Brenda if we had any. We had a stick of margarine and gave them that. In return they asked us to join them in eating some Geoduck.The way that they had prepared them, it reminded me of unbattered Calamari. It was very tastee and enjoyed it immensely. A new experience.
Last weekend through Wednesday, the kids were camping up at Deception Pass State Park.
We went up to visit on Tuesday to spend the day with them.
We took the ferry over to Whidbey Island and drove up to the park. The ferry system here is very impressive and appears efficient.
Alex and his girlfriend, Kristin, had joined them on Sunday, so we got to meet her and spend the day with them as well.We haven't seen Alex in about a year so it was very nice to see him again. Her is such a card. His sense of humor is weirder than mine. He kept us all entertained.
Kristin is very nice and she made a good first impression on us.
We went to Becky's house Tuesday night and did our laundry.
We had dentist appointments on Wednesday so we kept those. We have dentists in 3 cities now, since our lifestyle has changed to Nomadic. We have our teeth cleaned every 6 months and I needed some emergency dental work while we were in Memphis.

Becky, Fred and Lindsay came home about 1pm and Lindsay had her gymnastics class that afternoon. Fred and I took her while Becky and Brenda stayed home. She is getting pretty good and she really seems to enjoy it. She has so much energy.
Brenda finished our laundry and Becky got started on hers.

Brenda fixed Navy beans for dinner and they were delicious. Brenda has been looking for ham hocks, but has not been able to find them at the price she wanted to pay.
She and Becky went to a meat market here and found 3 nice ones. They cooked up nicely and gave the beans a great flavor.

We had a busy day today. Brenda has been weeding a flower bed in front of the day use restrooms, and she worked for a couple of hours and it is looking great.
I worked up at the shop and in the office. Things are looking better and better all of the time.

Ta ta for now.